Communion season

[1] On Friday, known as the question day, lay catechists, called "the men", would give their interpretations of Bible verses chosen by the minister.

[1] The climax was the Sabbath day celebration of communion, often outdoors in a natural amphitheatre.

[1] The practice of celebrating communion only once a year developed by the eighteenth century as a result of hostility toward episcopacy, poverty, and lack of ministers.

They could become mixed with secular activities and were commemorated as such by Robert Burns in the poem "Holy Fair".

[2] In the United States, Presbyterians incorporated communion seasons into evangelical revivalism, and there the practice contributed to the development of the camp meeting.